Comet Imaging Session - October 15, 2024

The sky this afternoon is very cloudy and we lose hope to be able to image Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas which supports a long tail more than 10 degrees in the western horizon. But at around 5:45pm PST, the sky suddenly starts to open up in the western horizon a bit thus my son Kendrick Cole and I quickly dressed up and pack our camera and lenses and quickly head toward the nearby Intramuros Bridge to try to capture the comet! When we arrive at the site, planet Venus is clearly visible and we know for the fact that comet latitude is more or less the same as Venus thus making the task of finding the comet faster. There were some small thin clouds hovering near the comet's position but we were able to locate it. The comet is visible on the LCD screen faintly and we had a hard time seeing it visually due to the thin haze. It was a nice feeling observing and imaging again with my astro son KC and we look forward to more imaging sessions together specially this coming end of October at darker skies in Tanay.